mozzPardon me for not finding “vulnerable people need to die for my ideology” very convincing.
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tacosanonymousI’m a raging leftist but I’m getting tired of “deontologists” telling me they refuse to vote for Biden then telling me how great Xi Jinping is.
goldenlocksYou’re not a “raging leftist” if you vote for Biden. At least vote PSL or Green
starman2112Do you think being incredibly stupid is a prereq for being a raging leftist or something?
Do you think being incredibly stupid is a prereq for being a raging leftist or something?
It is a prereq for voting for Biden
No, understanding how the voting system works isn’t stupid
You misunderstand the voting system because you vote for someone you don’t like.
The best available choice isn’t always one that you want to make. It’s fine to hate the idea of voting strategically, I hate it too, but it’s naive to think you can positively affect the system by going with the option you want.
Let’s dumb it down for you. Let’s pretend you and your brother are vegetarian, all your friends are omnivores, and you’re voting on where to eat. There are three votes for Dave’s House of Beef (you can eat nothing here), and two votes for TJ’s Burgers (they have vegetarian fries). Should you and your brother cast your two votes for TJ’s Burgers, or Doc Greens (everything on the menu is vegan)?
I’ll talk you through the logic required to work through this problem. If you vote for Dave’s House of Beef, it will get five votes and win, and you will eat nothing for dinner. If you vote for TJ’s Burgers, it will win, and while you won’t have much to eat, you’ll have something. If you vote for Doc Greens, Dave’s House of Beef will win, and you will eat nothing for dinner. Of course this voting system is unfair, it should be ranked choice, but in this particular situation, voting as if it were ranked choice works against you.
Voting for someone you disagree with is not voting strategically, it’s voting against your interests based on what you assume others will do.
No, we can say with absolute certainty that (barring any issues with mortality) either Trump or Biden will win this year. I assume others will vote for those two for the same reason I assume that the sun will rise tomorrow.
And in 2028?
Your lazy ass will be making the same argument. I will actually express democracy unlike you, and will work to gather votes for the Greens.
If a green party candidate stands an actual chance of winning in 28, then I will absolutely vote for them
So you’re too lazy to support them and gather votes for them, you don’t actually support them then. You’re too lazy so you vote for Dems to make yourself feel better
That’s a hell of an assumption to make
Cry about it, it’s the truth. Where you been since 2016?